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Instagram will soon allow its users to download all the information the social network has about them, similarly to Facebook.

The image-sharing site is working on a tool following in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica data scandal, in which the personal information of an estimated 87million Facebook users was collected and sold to a political campaigning company without their knowledge.

“We are building a new data portability tool. You’ll soon be able to download a copy of what you’ve shared on Instagram, including your photos, videos and messages,” An Instagram spokesman said.

Instagram faced criticism for lacking a similar way to find out what information it collects on people that Facebook...

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